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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1982)
cair * can £. star hig a V prr me da> to • we be* be no en to; res g°i Pape 2 n ;Nr fo- mci am als ce >m< :ior. ;s c Sc. DF id : ntr- 0 n ing ma [ av ►ou eg ; en y. n., ti., le Elections Texas A&M students to pick leaders by Cyndy Davis Battalion Staff Texas A&M students will go to the polls Tuesday and Wednesday to choose student leaders for 1982-83. The follow ing inf ormation may be useful to those who cast ballots. Who can vote? Any University student w'ith a current, valid Texas A&M iden tification card may vote. What positions can students vote for? All students may choose one candidate for student body pres ident and one vice president in each of five areas: academic affairs, external affairs, finance, rules and regulations and stu dent services. All students also may select two candidates for junior yell leader and three for senior yell leader positions. Students living on campus vote for Residence Hall Association officers, and off-campus students vote for Off-Campus Aggies officers. In addition, a student can vote for senators representing his living area and his academic college. A student living on campus can vote for one senator to represent his residence hall area. Eleven on-campus senators will be elected from these areas: •Krueger-Mosher •Aston-Dunn •Spence-Briggs-Underwood •Keathley-Fowler-Hughes- Clements-Leggett •McFadden-Haas-Hobby- Neeley •Hart-Law-Puryear-Cain •Walton-Mclnnis- Schuhmacher-Hotard •Moses-Moore-Crocker-Davis- Gary. A cadet can vote for one senator of his same classification to rep resent the Corps living area. Cadets will elect one sopho more, one junior and one senior. Off-campus students will elect a total of 27 senators, with each student voting for the specified number of candidates from his particular living area as f ollows: •University Apartments — one at-large •Ward I — south of University Drive and east of Texas Avenue — six undergraduates •Ward II — south of University Drive and west of Texas Avenue — nine undergraduates •Ward III — north of U niversi- ty Drive and east of Texas Ave nue — two undergraduates •Ward IV — north of Universi ty Drive and west of Texas Ave nue — four undergraduates Off-campus graduate students also will choose five senators. Students also will elect 38 col lege representatives to the Stu dent Senate. Each student may vote for a college representative of his own classification as well as the specified number of at-large candidates as follows: •College of Agriculture — one sophomore, junior, senior and graduate and two at-large •College of Architecture — two at-large •College of Business Adminis tration — one sophomore, junior, senior and graduate and two at-large •College of Education — three at-large •College of Engineering — three sophomores, juniors and seniors, one graduate and one at-large •College of Geosciences — one at-large •College of Liberal Arts — one sophomore, junior, senior and graduate •College of Science — two at- large •College of Veterinary .Medi cine — two at-large •College of Medicine — one at-large. Students also will elect offic ers for their respective classes. Freshmen and sophomores will vote for a class president, vice president, secretary- treasurer and social secretary. Juniors will choose a class presi dent, vice president, secretary, treasurer, social secretary and historian. For example, Q.R. Somebodv is a sophomore electrical en gineering major who lives in Dunn Hall. Q-K- would be able to vote for student body presi dent, five vice presidents and five yell leaders like everyone else. In addition, he could vote for three sophomore College of Engineering senators, one at- large senator, RHA officers and one senator to represent Aston- Dunn. Where and when can students vote? Tuesday and Wednesday totes w ill I >e cast at the Academic and Agency Building, Zachry En gineering Center, the Memorial Student Center, Heidenfels Hall, Harrington Classroom Center, Sterling C. Evans Lib rary and Sbisa Dining Hall. Tuesday only, voting places will open at the Veterinary Medicine Complex, and Wednesday only at the Kleberg Animal Science Center. All locations except the lib rary will open f rom 9a.m. until6 pan. The library site will open Tuesday from 9 a.m. to I a.m. and Wednesday f rom 9 a.m. toll pan. Filing for upcoming elections staff photo by Eric Mitchell Election Commmissioner George Crowson, a senior agriculture economics major, and Missy Lake, a senator for the College of Education, assist a candidate in filing for a student position. Voter’s Guide Editor Jane CL Brust Assistant Editors Gary Barker, Cvndv Davis, Mary Jo Rummel, Nancv Weatherlev Photographers David Fisher, Peter Rocha Voter’s Guide is a special supplement to The Battalion. This guide was prepared to assist Texas .1 A.\/ students in choosing candidates in this week's student elections. Journalism 20.'}, 201 and 111 students, and stalTmem bers ol 1 he Battalion assisted with the production ol this supplement. On the cover The Academic Building has been a landmark on the Texas A&M campus for decades. It was built on the site of the Old Main, the first Texas A&M building, which burned down in 1912. Thousands of Aggies have walked through the halls under the majestic copper dome. photo In t.au Contents Candidates Student body president 5 Vice presidents 8 Yell leaders b Residence Hall Association 11 Off (lampus Aggies Senators 11